Miguel Inca-Martinez

Miguel Inca Martinez is the lab manager of the Mata Lab. He studied biology at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and obtained his master’s degree in human genetics at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru. He has been working with neurogenetic diseases such as Huntington’s disease, spinocerebellar ataxia, Parkinson’s Diseases, and others since 2012. Miguel began his training at the Neurogenetics Research Center in Lima, Peru. In 2012, he began collaborating on the recruitment process of the LARGE-PD project in Peru, and by 2014, under the supervision of Nacho, he made a rotation at the University of Washington and the VA Puget Sound. Having the chance to learn about the clinic and the individuals affected by neurogenetic diseases, including Parkinson’s, linked a history to the samples with which he had always worked. This experience helped Miguel to understand how important this work can be for every affected person. His personal motivation behind his work with LARGE-PD is knowing that all the information that they produce as scientists will be used in favor of an individual and their family, regardless of their ethnicity or region of origin. In his free time, Miguel enjoys cooking Peruvian food and traveling.